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Oakley City Council considers proposal for conservation cemetery with green burials
There’s a band of horses grazing on a 20-acre parcel owned by Oakley City, but it could someday be transformed into a public access nature sanctuary for the living — and the dead. Summit Land Conservancy CEO Cheryl Fox and Starks Funeral Parlor owner Shayneh Starks this week...
Oakley’s Rescue Ranchito provides sanctuary for ailing horses, education for residents
Rescue Ranchito founder Erin Brown with a rescue horse. Erin Brown's first horse was a thoroughbred adopted and rescued straight off a racetrack. About 10 years ago, her second Lola was adopted from Washington State where she was waiting to be auctioned off for slaughter. Lola's plight opened Brown's eyes to the reality that thousands of horses face the same fate each year.
Storm to roll through Park City and Heber this weekend
The National Weather Service reports snow will begin Friday and continue until Sunday, accumulating six to 12 inches in the mountains above 8,000 feet. However, ABC 4 meteorologist Thomas Geboy said Park City could get a bit of snow Friday night. “With the overnight low dropping to 34 degrees in...
Man sentenced after convictions in 2022 murder, kidnapping cases
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 25, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Convicted murder and kidnapper Alberto Carreto-Morales has been sentenced for the 2022 murder of Cesar Martinez and the kidnapping of a second victim. Carreto-Morales, 26, was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life for first-degree felony murder and 15...
A bacterial disease is infecting beavers and other wild mammals in Utah
As of mid-April, nine beavers have died from tularemia in Utah. Ginger Stout is the state wildlife veterinarian for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. She said tularemia is a bacterial disease that primarily affects lagomorphs and rodents. “Initially, five dead beavers were found near Park City, Utah. Then another...
Thousands of pounds of toxic waste saved from landfills on free hazardous waste collection day
Recycle Utah and Park City Sunrise Rotary host Hazardous Waste Day twice each year. The free event allows all Summit County residents to drop off items like paint and motor oil to keep toxic chemicals and heavy metals out of landfills. Recycle Utah Executive Director Carolyn Wawra said hazardous chemicals...
A quick huddle of hundreds cuts the ribbon on new Dozier Field scoreboard
Seemed half the kids in Park City of a certain elementary to middle school age, several hundred anyway, swarmed the south side of Dozier Field near the new scoreboard early Sunday afternoon. The occasion? A ribbon-cutting to memorialize the new scoreboard and some key donors in the fundraising drive to...
South Summit towns may coordinate city center development
State Route 32 is southern Summit County’s Main Street: it runs through Oakley, Kamas and Francis. All three are growing, and Summit County officials want to be prepared for the impacts development will have on transportation, local economies and community life. So the county is pursuing a $150,000 Utah...
Annual Park City High School Bike Swap headed for record-breaking sales
Each year, the Park City High School mountain bike team hosts a bike swap so people can sell their old bikes and biking gear. Locals sign up, drop off their bikes, and the mountain bike team takes over the sales. The team keeps 20% of the sales revenue to support its program.
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